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2012 Norm of the North (voice) (in production)
 
2012 Khumba (filming)
Mama V
 
2011 In the Hive (completed)
Mrs. Inez
 
2012 The Cleveland Show (TV series)
– Mama Drama (2012)
 
2012 The Client List (TV series)
Georgia
– Try, Try Again (2012) … Georgia
– Ring True (2012) … Georgia
– Tough Love (2012) … Georgia
– Turn the Page (2012) … Georgia
– The Rub of Sugarland (2012) … Georgia
 
2005-2012 Grey's Anatomy (TV series)
Adele Webber
– The Girl with No Name (2012) … Adele Webber
– If Only You Were Lonely (2012) … Adele Webber
– If/Then (2012) … Adele Webber
– Hope for the Hopeless (2012) … Adele Webber
– It's a Long Way Back (2011) … Adele Webber
See all 20 episodes »
 
2011-2012 Doc McStuffins (TV series)
Hallie
– Bubble Monkey (2012) … Hallie
– Blame It on the Rain! (2012) … Hallie
– That's Just Clawful (2012) … Hallie
– One Note Wonder (2012) … Hallie
– Episode #1.1 (2011) … Hallie
See all 11 episodes »
 
2012 Shake It Up! (TV series)
Judge Marsha Sanders
– Judge It Up (2012) … Judge Marsha Sanders
 
2012 The Get Away (short)
Ms. Crawford
 
2011 Politics of Love
Shirlee Gupta
 
2011 State of Georgia (TV series)
Aunt Honey
– It's Not Easy Being Green (2011) … Aunt Honey
– Locked Up, a Broad (2011) … Aunt Honey
– The Popular Chicks (2011) … Aunt Honey
– Foot in the Door (2011) … Aunt Honey
– Mo' Honey, Mo' Problems (2011) … Aunt Honey
See all 12 episodes »
 
2011 Jumping the Broom
Mrs. Taylor
 
2011 Madea's Big Happy Family
Shirley
 
2011 Glee (TV series)
Sister Mary Constance
– Original Song (2011) … Sister Mary Constance
 
2011 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (video)
Delta (voice)
 
2010 For Colored Girls
Juanita / Green
 
2010/I Lottery Ticket
Grandma
 
2010 Party Down (TV series)
Diane Ellison
– James Ellison Funeral (2010) … Diane Ellison
 
2010 Death at a Funeral
Cynthia
 
2010 Legally Mad (TV movie)
Jeanette
 
2009 Cold Case (TV series)
Chandra Patterson '09
– Soul (2009) … Chandra Patterson '09
 
2009 My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Miss Roberts
 
2008-2009 Eli Stone (TV series)
Patti Dellacroix
– Flight Path (2009) … Patti Dellacroix
– Tailspin (2009) … Patti Dellacroix
– Mortal Combat (2009) … Patti Dellacroix
– Sonoma (2009) … Patti Dellacroix
– Two Ministers (2008) … Patti Dellacroix
See all 26 episodes »
 
2009 Spring Breakdown
Dr. Marguerite
 
2008 Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Delta (voice)
 
2008 First Sunday
Sister Doris
 
1999-2008 The PJs (TV series)
Muriel Stubbs
– Red Man's Burden (2008) … Muriel Stubbs (voice)
– A Race to His Credit (2001) … Muriel Stubbs (voice)
– Let's Get Ready to Rumba (2001) … Muriel Stubbs (voice)
– Survival: In Tha Hood (2001) … Muriel Stubbs (voice)
– Miracle Cleaner on 134th Street (2001) … Muriel Stubbs (voice)
See all 42 episodes »
 
2006-2007 Boston Legal (TV series)
Annabelle Carruthers / Judge Victoria Thomson
– Oral Contracts (2007) … Judge Victoria Thomson
– The Nutcrackers (2006) … Annabelle Carruthers
 
2007 This Christmas
Ma'Dere / Shirley Ann Whitfield
 
2007 Cougar Club
Dolly
 
2006-2007 Everybody Hates Chris (TV series)
Maxine
– Everybody Hates Math (2007) … Maxine
– Everybody Hates Dirty Jokes (2007) … Maxine
– Everybody Hates Funerals (2006) … Maxine
 
2006 Dreamgirls
Jazz Singer
 
2006 Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story (TV movie)
Addie Collins
 
2006/I Dirty Laundry
Evelyn
 
2005-2006 Girlfriends (TV series)
Judge Jackson / Judge Vashti Jackson
– Party Over Here (2006) … Judge Jackson
– Trial and Errors (2005) … Judge Vashti Jackson
 
2005 Supernatural (TV series)
Missouri Moseley
– Home (2005) … Missouri Moseley
 
2004-2005 Wild Card (TV series)
M. Pearl McGuire
– Zoe's Phony Matrimony (2005) … M. Pearl McGuire
– My Boyfriend Is an Axe Murderer (2005) … M. Pearl McGuire
– Multiple Personality Fatality (2005) … M. Pearl McGuire
– A Whisper from Zoe's Sister (2005) … M. Pearl McGuire
– See Ya Later, Investigator! (2005) … M. Pearl McGuire
See all 19 episodes »
 
2005 King's Ransom
Miss Gladys
 
2004/I Crash
Shaniqua Johnson
 
2000-2004 Boston Public (TV series)
Marla Hendricks
– Chapter Eighty-One (2004) … Marla Hendricks
– Chapter Eighty (2004) … Marla Hendricks
– Chapter Seventy-Nine (2004) … Marla Hendricks
– Chapter Seventy-Eight (2004) … Marla Hendricks
– Chapter Seventy-Seven (2004) … Marla Hendricks
See all 81 episodes »
 
2004 Woman Thou Art Loosed
Cassey Jordan
 
2003 Half & Half (TV series)
Erika
– The Big Phat Mouth Episode: Part 2 (2003) … Erika
– The Big Phat Mouth Episode: Part 1 (2003) … Erika
 
2002 Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
 
2002 Baby of the Family
Delores
 
2001 I Am Sam
Margaret Calgrove
 
2001/I Kingdom Come
Marguerite Slocumb
 
2000 What Women Want
Flo the Doorwoman
 
2000 Urban Legends: Final Cut
Reese
 
2000 Ally McBeal (TV series)
Nora Mills
– I Will Survive (2000) … Nora Mills
 
2000 Family Law (TV series)
Gloria Rivers
– Playing God (2000) … Gloria Rivers
 
2000 Best Actress (TV movie)
Connie Travers
 
2000 Freedom Song (TV movie)
Evelyn Walker
 
2000 Punks
Health Counselor
 
1999 Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (TV movie)
Ruby Dandridge
 
1999 Jackie's Back! (TV movie)
Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
 
1999 Clueless (TV series)
Phyliss Holiday
– Graduation (1999) … Phyliss Holiday
 
1999 Moesha (TV series)
Steph
– It Takes Two (1999) … Steph
 
1999 The Breaks
Floria
 
1999 Funny Valentines (TV movie)
Dearie B.
 
1999 Operation Splitsville
Principal
 
1999 Lillie
Michelle
 
1999 Love Kills
Sylvia Finkelstein
 
1998 Urban Legend
Reese Wilson
 
1998 Down in the Delta
Zenia
 
1998 Alyson's Closet (short)
Raul's Mother (voice)
 
1997 Don King: Only in America (TV movie)
Connie Harper
 
1997 Lover Girl
Leticia/'Coco'
 
1997 Clover (TV movie)
Everleen
 
1997 Hoodlum
Pigfoot Mary
 
1997 The Price of Kissing
Jackee
 
1997 Touched by an Angel (TV series)
Tonya Hawkins
– Amazing Grace: Part 2 (1997) … Tonya Hawkins
– Amazing Grace: Part 1 (1997) … Tonya Hawkins
 
1997 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV series)
Mother
– The Golden Goose (1997) … Mother (voice)
 
1996 The Preacher's Wife
Beverly
 
1996 Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (TV movie)
Miss Mary
 
1995 Waiting to Exhale
Gloria Matthews
 
1995 Ned and Stacey (TV series)
Mrs. Duncan
– Reality Check (1995) … Mrs. Duncan
 
1995 Picket Fences (TV series)
Marla Melrose
– Close Encounters (1995) … Marla Melrose
 
1994 The Hard Truth
Nichols' secretary
 
1993 The American Clock (TV movie)
Irene
 
1992-1993 Roc (TV series)
Cynthia
– You Don't Send Me No Flowers (1993) … Cynthia
– Roc Throws Joey Out (1992) … Cynthia
 
1993 Amos & Andrew
Ula
 
1992 Love & War (TV series)
Donna
– For John (1992) … Donna
 
1992 Class Act
Blade's Mom
 
1992 Caged Fear
Judy
 
1991 Reasonable Doubts (TV series)
Valerie Hall
– Hard Bargains (1991) … Valerie Hall
 
1991 Livin' Large!
Nadine Biggs
 
1991 Great Performances (TV series)
Janine
– The Colored Museum (1991) … Janine
 
1990 Cop Rock (TV series)
Juror
– Marital Blitz (1990) … Juror
 
1990 Sugar and Spice (TV series)
Loretta Fontaine
– A Star Is Boring (1990) … Loretta Fontaine
– Breaking in Is Hard to Do (1990) … Loretta Fontaine
– Pilot (1990) … Loretta Fontaine
– This Hostess Ain't No Cupcake (1990) … Loretta Fontaine
– Lovers and Other Truckers (1990) … Loretta Fontaine
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1990 Murphy Brown (TV series)
Nurse Hawking
– The Bitch's Back (1990) … Nurse Hawking
 
1989 Heart and Soul (TV short)
Tonia Harris
 
1989 Parent Trap III (TV movie)
Thelma
 
1989 Stanley & Iris
Bertha
 
1988 Amen (TV series)
Lyndia Cummings
– Court of Love (1988) … Lyndia Cummings
 
1988 Sticky Fingers
Diane
 
1987-1988 A Different World (TV series)
Stevie Rallen
– Come Back, Little Eggby (1988) … Stevie Rallen
– Romancing Mr. Stone (1987) … Stevie Rallen
– If Chosen, I May Not Run (1987) … Stevie Rallen
– Sometimes You Get the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Gets You (1987) … Stevie Rallen
– Rudy and the Snow Queen (1987) … Stevie Rallen
See all 10 episodes »
 
1988 Little Nikita
Verna McLaughlin
 
1988 The Murder of Mary Phagan (TV mini-series)
Annie Maude Carter
 
1987 CBS Summer Playhouse (TV series)
Cheryl
– Sirens (1987) … Cheryl
 
1983 Anna to the Infinite Power
Ms. Benson (Schoolteacher)
 
1981 Will
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (6 titles)
2012 Grey's Anatomy (TV series)
– Hope for the Hopeless (2012) (performer: "My Funny Valentine")
 
2011 State of Georgia (TV series)
– R-E-S-P-E-C-T (2011) (performer: "Respect" - uncredited)
 
2008 Eli Stone (TV series)
– Help! (2008) (performer: "Help!" - uncredited)
– The Path (2008) (performer: "Dancing in the Streets" - uncredited)
– Soul Free (2008) (performer: "Feeling Good" - uncredited)
– One More Try (2008) (performer: "One More Try" - uncredited)
 
2001-2004 Boston Public (TV series)
– Chapter Seventy-Nine (2004) (performer: "Lord, Protect My Child" - uncredited)
– Chapter Fifty-Seven (2003) (performer: "Georgia On My Mind")
– Chapter Fourteen (2001) (performer: "Midnight Train To Georgia")
 
2001/I Kingdom Come (performer: "Blessed Assurance Jesus Is Mine")
 
1988 The 42nd Annual Tony Awards (TV special) (performer: "One Night Only/Dreamgirls")
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2008 Friends & Lovers: The Ski Trip 2 (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (39 titles)
2012 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (documentary) (in production)
Herself
 
2012 The Wendy Williams Show (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 19 April 2012 (2012) … Herself - Guest
– Grey's Anatomy (2012) … Herself - Guest
 
2012 Big Morning Buzz Live (TV series)
Herself
– Gavin DeGraw/Vanessa Lachey/Loretta Devine/Bush (2012) … Herself
 
2012 Watch What Happens: Live (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #6.65 (2012) … Herself
 
2012 RuPaul's Drag Race (TV series)
Herself - Guest Judge
– Snatch Game (2012) … Herself - Guest Judge
 
2011 The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
2011 2011 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys (TV movie)
Herself
 
2011 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 4 May 2011 (2011) … Herself
 
2010-2011 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #6.26 (2011) … Herself
– Episode #5.23 (2010) … Herself
 
2011 42nd NAACP Image Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
2011 Kiss and Tell: The History of Black Romance in Movie (documentary)
 
2011 The Jeffrey Henderson Show (TV series)
Herself
– 2011 Night of 100 Stars (2011) … Herself
 
2010 The Mo'Nique Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 15 April 2010 (2010) … Herself
 
2009 Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (video documentary)
Herself
 
2009 Straight from the Horses Mouth (video)
Herself
 
2008 Infanity (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Eli Stone (2008) … Herself
 
2008 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 16 July 2008 (2008) … Herself
 
2007 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 16 November 2007 (2007) … Herself
 
2007 Film Independent's 2007 Spirit Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2006 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Herself
– The Making of 'Dreamgirls' (2006) … Herself
 
2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.102 (2005) … Herself
 
2005 The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
2003 Pyramid (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 4 November 2003 (2003) … Herself
 
2003 34th NAACP Image Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2002 33rd NAACP Image Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
2002 Headliners & Legends: Denzel Washington (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2002 The Script (short)
Herself
 
2001 Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 21 December 2001 (2001) … Herself
– Episode dated 20 December 2001 (2001) … Herself
– Episode dated 19 December 2001 (2001) … Herself
– Episode dated 18 December 2001 (2001) … Herself
– Episode dated 17 December 2001 (2001) … Herself
 
2001 Iron Chef USA: Showdown in Las Vegas (TV special documentary)
Herself - Judge
 
2000 2000 Essence Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1999 30th NAACP Image Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1998 Debra Duncan (TV series)
Herself
– Working in the Movies (1998) … Herself
 
1997 28th NAACP Image Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1996 27th NAACP Image Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1993 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Lela Rochon … Herself
 
1988 The 42nd Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer
 
1986 The Core of the Apple (TV series documentary)
Herself - Singer
– Manhattan Afrodreams - sorte drømme (1986) … Herself - Singer
 
1985 The 39th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter & Performer
 
1982 The 36th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer
 

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Leo